Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Cyber-Security and E-commerce

they are enforced, we can cry 'wolf' all we want. Sincerely, Nabil El-Khodari Founder/Treasurer Nile Basin Society Tel.: +1 (647) 722-3256 Fax: +1 (647) 722-3273 http://nilebasin.com http://nilebasin.net http://nile.ca 108 Waterbury Dr. Toronto, Ontario, M9R 3Y3 Canada &q

[GKD] Rockefeller's Making Waves discussion on ICTs

development would actually share in the discussion (which will end July 6). Sincerely, Nabil El-Khodari Founder & Ceo, Nile Basin Society http://nile.ca/ http://nilebasin.com "If the people will lead, the leaders will follow." David Suzuki 904-20 Carabob Court Toronto,ON M1T 3N1 Canada

[GKD] Call for Proposals: infoDev E-Readiness Assessments

Dear friends: I would like to attract the attention of African participants to the following grant opportunity from the World Bank to assess e-readiness. However, the grants are offered to governmental institutions. Deadline for submitting proposals is May 1st. Call for Proposals: infoDev ICT In

[GKD] Powerline or power struggle?

03/23/2001 Technology delivers Net access via power outlets HANOVER, Germany (AP) Imagine every electric socket in your home transformed into a phone jack that delivers phone calls, e-mails and video to your fax machine, computer and even television set. That's what a group of companies are

[GKD] Digital Dividends Conference

The Digital Dividends conference was held last Sept in Seattle. The website is You can see online Real Video of almost all the speeches, including ones by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos (Amazon.Com CEO), Carly Fiorini (Hewlett Packard CEO) and other leaders. I attended th

[GKD] Private sector and ICT projects funding

Dear Rosemary: Your posts are stimulating. My comments follow within your text. --- Rosemary Amondi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Secondly, the major challenge with dealing with the > private sector is that they lean too much on what is > in it for them in terms of marketing; which in > itsel

[GKD] Satellife: ICT for Health in Africa

The following is a part of an article published at: "The goal of SATELLIFE's information services is to connect the health practitioner in the developing world with a range of high-quality information resources in a cost-effective manner,

[GKD] FAO's 1st Int'l Workshop on Farm Radio Broadcasting

I have re-formatted the outcomes of the "FAO: First International Workshop on Farm Radio Broadcasting ''Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) Servicing Farm Radio: New Contents, New Partnerships", held at FAO Headquearters in Rome, Italy, from February 19 to February 22, 2001, in a MS Wo

[GKD] Conference on Disaster Communications (Finland, 28-20 May 2001)

The Second Tampere Conference on Disaster Communications Tampere, Finland, 28-20 May 2001 In 2001, Tampere will host the CDC-2001. In view of its character as a conference of experts, with the same characteristics as the conference of 10 years ago, this conference is called The Second Tampere Con

[GKD] Re: International fund for digital divide?

This is my first post to this distinguished group (GKD), so I apologize if I am repeating some of the opinions expressed before. However, my main objective is to respond and brain storm about some of the recent posts and to represent the facts from the Nile Basin region mainly (containing 5 of the